The story
- Hawaiian · borrowed fromKahoʻolawe
- English todayKahoolawe
From Hawaiian Kahoʻolawe, from ka (“the”) + hoʻolawe (“to subtract, erode”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kahoolawe
Today it means: An uninhabited island, the smallest of the main 8 islands of Hawaii in the United States. Full definition →
Hawaiian Kahoʻolawe